I am now in my third week in this reaching out series. That means that one week from now, my blog is going to be 1 month old! My blog’s monthsary!

A lot of things happened to me this week which are my first blogger meetup, my successful thesis defense and my broken heart. The last one is very devastating but I will not let that be a reason for me not to do my homework for this week’s issue. So without further ado, here are my interesting picks for the week. … *sobs* .. sniff.. wipes nose* ..

• 5 deadly sins to guaranteed to kill your link requests - this is some good advice and a warning to those who want people to link back to them. Do not do these five deadly sins or you can say goodbye to that potential link back to your site.
• Blog hopping or link baiting - This is also a post that talks about link baiting to gain visitors. It is similar to the first link. Remember that if you do not give effort in the sites you visit (you just say blog hop with a link to your blog without reading anything) others will do the same to you too. ^_^
• Email Etiquette - This is some nice guidelines on writing emails. I can say that some of them are even applicable outside of emails ! A very good read.
• Muddy Blogosphere - A rant and a podcast to the recent activities in the mailing list of PinoyBlogosphere. As a member of the mailing, I have to weed out a lot of useless posts just to find nice links to read.
• Getting sharp images with a digital camera - Pardon me for a sudden change in topic but this is a nice article on improving your camera skills.
• The DigitalFilipino Blogger Meetup - This has to be included. ^_^ It has been a great event and it was my first blogger meet up.

This week’s issue seemed to be concerned on the recent link baiting people have been doing. They tend to post their links everywhere, yahoo groups, comments and tag boards in order to solicit visits to their blog. Although no one can stop them from doing it, I believe that it does not do them any good. They might gain some visits but they will not gain regular readers for their spam-like actions. Have a nice Sunday everyone!

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